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The pumpkins have IN inning.

The snake story season is in the sere and
yellow leaf, and the pumpkin story season is
at hand. The latter starts out, too, with
greater promise of success than has marked
its advent for many years. Already we have
make a very good beginning. A California
pumpkin which has been utilized by
vagrant colony of bees as honey storehouse,
was the first to make its appearance. Tho
insects had found their way into the vege-
table through crack in its side, and when
the owner of the pumpkin made an investi-
CATION he found that the bees had accumu-
lated eight pounds of honey. The circum-
stance is being quoted by the California
papers as another result OF the glorious
climate OF that state, where pumpkins and
honey can be raised on the same vine. OF a
different character was pumpkin OF
Connecticut, which grew to enormous pro-
portions only to explode when placed in a
store window for exhibition and destroy
a valuable pnne of plate glass A New
York pumpkin, though, rather outdis-
tanced its competitors by attaining
pumpkins was fed on milk. One Of its
roots was allowed to rest in basin of milk,
and it drank pint each day. We do not
think that New Workers generally raise their
pumpkins ON milk in this manner, as the pro-
cess is rather too expensive and troublesome
for general adoption, but the story shows
what vcracious New York correspondent
can do when he tries. And it must be borne
in mind that the pumpkin story season is
only just opening Pittsburg Chronicle.
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Cure for niphtheria.

Rectified oil of turpentine (oleum terebin-
thinae rectiicatum) is said to be an infallible
remedy for diphtheria. For children the
dose is one teaspoonful in the morning and
the same at evening.
Adults should take one tablespoonful
Afterward drink a little lukewarn milk to
allay the burning in the throat.
For children the second dose can be mixed
with milk, which will render it easier to
take. as-ts ..-.=.a rss.szs .,., q fs.s-...--ss4
The result is really marvellous. The in-
fammation of the abnormal diphtheritic
spots in the throat grows lighter at the edges,
and in this way they gradually shrink until
in twenty-four hours they disappear entirely,
leaving no sign. A gargle of chlorate of
potash may be used with advantage every
two hours between the first dose and the
second-ene ounce chlorate of potash to forty
ounces distilled water. Marvellous cures are
said to have been wrought by this simple
remedy.
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Now, however, land troubles, such as Ire
land suffers under and even America begins
to talk about, have again arisen in New
Zealand, and the grim and warlke old Maori
King Te White, whose picture is given above,
was sentenced in October last to six months
Imprisonment and $500 fine, together with
many Of his tribe, for breaking down fences
around lands they claimed to be theirs by ex-
press treaty as well as by natural right of in
heritance. When Indicted "for lcvying war
upon her gracious majesty the queen," the
old chief said with simple dignity: II am
the original owner OF the land. You,
the white faced people, came in crowd
and turned me off the land. When / re-
covered from my defeat my hand was put
forth to take the land We who are here,
and others, were expelled from the land by
the EYglish. We were turned off by your
guns and weapons. After was beaten tho
wounds from the blows / received were still
great. But when rose, still put out my
hand to take the lnnd. / was then triesl by
law, blt those who turned me OF the land
were not tried. Why was this. This is all I
have 10 say; not many words" Te-White
was confined in Jail and then arrangements
were nnasle for the sitting of court to ex-
anime into the causes OF the nprisings, and to
definitely settle the question of coniiscated
lamis.s Tho seconds spicture shows Maori
woman and her child, and in this time of
land conflicts, the fact that this little Maori
boy has lHsn given the name of Patrick Sars-
field, an Irish cavalry general, famous in his
tory is quite rs significant us that Ts- White
speaks of himself as '.All the Same tarnelln
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Entertaining Amusements.

For the entertainment, as well as the in
struction, of young folks the suggestion is made
that when brother, or sister. or friend
go travelling, OF move to some remote locality,
the little ones follow them on the map, atlas,
or globe. BY tracing the wanderers step by
step on their journey, stopping to rest little
at each place of note ON the way, children
will acquire, in a pleasant way. and in
comparatively short time, an Intimate knowl-
edge OF the geography of this country.
Another amusement for winter evenings is
word building. One begins word with "b,n
for instance. Another says .r," another one
says TO-" another may say, perhaps. at" or
"k," or some letter that viii completely
change the word from The one numlcr one
had mentally started with, for she or he may
have thought of "brother," while "l<" would
have turned it to "broke" or brokerage"
while ''u," instead of IT." would carry it to
"brought" or some such word. So it can be
varied and made very amusing.
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GOOD HEALTH.
Gymnastic Exercises and Massage Treat
ment To Keen You Well

Gymnastic Exercises and Massage Treat
ment to Keep You Wen.
The massage treatment consists in pinch
ing the muscles and twisting them this way
and that, going from head to foot, all over the
body. The patient lies naked upon q slab,
and the masseur or operator performs his
pow-wow upon him. 1t is delightful to the
patient after it is over, but exhausting to the
operator. A machine has lately been in
vented to take the place of hand manipula-
tion. One of the New York Suns young
men tried it as follows: 9. z
The principles of massage treatment have
been known ever since cannibals were discov-
cred kneading each others stomachs to help
the digestion of big dinners, but the process
was never SO popular as it is now. The re-
ported treatment of the president by nlasseur
has given the business boom, and massage
artists are In fair way to get rich.
But while the masseur is wearing the flesh
off fat people, he is himself losing strength
and flesh by the hard and slow work Neces-
sity has just become the mother of another
invention, whereby sort of massage treat
ment is applied by machinery run by steam.
The principal machine consists of two rub
ber pads about five inches long and two inches
wide placed parallel to each other, and fast
ened SO that they adjust themselves to any
part of the body. They vibrate Longitude
nally-that is, like shoe brush, 1900 times
a minute The patient, without removing
his clothes, lies down on lounge, and the
masseur applies his rubbers without exerting
his own muscles much. A reporter tried
it. The masseur clapped the machine on the
region Of his liver, and then moved it slowly
up to to his lungs, giving the stomach such q
two-horsepower shaking up that good break
fast was nearly frightened away. The mas
seur said he could "do as much work with the
machine in five minutes as the hand masseur
could do in an hour"
In another corner Of the room there is
machine on the floor which keeps several
: bootjacks wobbling in all directions. An in
valid was sitting in chair before the ma
chine, with one foot in o jack which kept
the toe seesawing with the heel, with the
ankle joint as pivot, This was another
style of massage.
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The Pistol which killed Lincoln.

Few people have ever seen the pistol with
which John Wilkes Booth murdered Presi-
dent Lincoln, but it is still in the possession
of the government, and probably will be for
many generations to come. The accomplices
of the assassin were tried by military COM
mission, and all the exhibits i'm connection
with the hearing were retained in the custody
of the war department.. The pistol is a small,
old fashioned derringer, with hammer trigger
of the old style, and barrel but two or
three inches long, and bore sufficient to
carry very large bullet
Small reyolyers were not made in the days
when this rnurderous weapon was used with
such deadly effect as to make whole world
mourn, the cumbersome navy revolvers
being the nearest approach to pocket piece,
and it is probable that Booth chose it be-
cause, being small he could easily drop it
into his pocket and draw it forth when
needed. Il would almost slip easily into his
vest pocket. 1t must have been long in use
before it was fired to kill Lincoln, for the
woodwork or stock is worn as IL from much
rough handling, and there Is every appear
ance OF age about the thing While not as
large as the British Bulldog which Guiteau
used in his assault upon the lamented Gar
field, it looks every bit as dangerous - Wash
ington Cor, Cleveland Leader.
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!. Not ReIirious ,Just. Then.

They tell story on local newspaper man
that illustrates his presence OF mind even nm
der the most trying circumstances He was
awakened in hotel one night BY the cry or
4Firclv and in one spring and two move
ments was out of bed and in the hall, which
was filled with smoke. just ahead OF him
was flying figure clad ii white, like himself,
and running at 2:10 clip. A turn In the
long hall and two steps leading 10 higher
the aiFrighted woman as she clasped him by
the arm. mo. let's rum = was his reply. and,
putting her once more in the right direction,
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Origin Of Fruit Canning.

1t is singular fact that we are indebted to
Pompeif for the great industry of canning
fruit Years ago, when the excavations were
just beginning, party OF Cincinnatians
found in what had been the pantry of
house many jars of preserved figs. One was
opened and they were found to be fresh and
good. Investigations showed that the figs
had been put into Jars In heated state, an
aperture left for the steam to escape, and
then sealed with wax. The hint was taken,
and the next year canning fruit was intro
duced into the United States, the process
being identical with that in vogue in Pompeii
twenty centuries ago. The old ladies in
America who can tomatoes and peaches do
not realize that they are indebted for this
art to people who perished nearly 1000
years ago. =
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If Men Would Try IT..

And verify women need some consolation.
Consider how much Of their work perishes in
the day that is done, and has all to be re-
peated day after day, and then say whether
it is a matter for great marvel that some of
them have been ill advised enough to talk oc-
casionally about their marrow sphere" The
changes are rung on washing and ironing and
cleaning and mending days, while every
morning the familiar objects demand wash
ing or dusting that have been washed or
busted a thousand times before. Tangible
results are not what women chiefly accom-
plish, and she often works long and hard
without having anything to show" in the
end. There is poetry in her life, it is true,
but there is an enormous amount of prose-
And sometimes wish, when a man expresses
horror at some womans escaping from her
housework to wider field of action that he
would try a long continued course of dusting,
washing up and mending stockings, and see
if he ever found it at all monotonous Cas-
sells Family Magazine.
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Mushrooms.

VIII you please give the difference between
mushroom and toadstool, anl how to choose a
mushroom without dangsra RSADER.
mushroom belongs to genus OF fungi,
including many speeies edible and poisonous.
It grows in inarshy places during the warm
months. Often the name is restricted to the
species used as food, which is convex, dry and
white, with tinge of brown or yellow It is
smooth Or scaly ON the upper surface, never
Warty Onthe under side the giils are pink
When Young, and later turn brown Toward
fne top OF the deshy stem Is white nlembra-
neous ring. The plant Is best for food when
young, being then IN the form OF d .,al. coy-
eTeu with a thin membrane The toa,lstool
resembles the mushroom, hut the top is shiny,
Mhlse o. dark red, and the gills are perpen-
ucuiar. This species is poisonous,
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One wise Americas.

Young Mr.. Winthrop-Ahl Win, I have
not seen you for Irrol.th- How are you, my
boya
Young Mr.. standish-- Poygamoy
Mr.. W-Ehs
Mr. $. The top q the mornin' to We.
Mr.. W.-Ohl see. feel rather jolly about
something, eht
Mr. S.--Be jabcrs an ye're roight about
thot. Tie byes IS o workin' fer me, begorry;
as Ell was the greatest mon the woirild
Mr.. w W.-Great Scott = Standish, are you
crazy you, IN American clear back to the
Mayflower, talking with such brogue as
thats
Mr.. SGreat PIymouth Winthrop. do
you want to ruin mcs Speak lower. I am
in training for nomination It'd Bits.
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The JaIaD Plant,

Thefjalap is a native of the Mexican Andes,
and derives its common name from the city
of Jalala 1t has long been known to belong
to the morning glory family (conyolvulacen),
but it iiitS been referred, from time to time,
to several different genera. The most recent
authorities give its botanical name as
iponet purga The plant is a twining
climber, with the general habit of the MORN
ing gories. The flowers have the appearance
common tt hos Of the family, as may be
seen BY the engraving Gig. u, which gives
both flowers and foliape
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Gvmnastic Exerc;ses.

First, an Introductory course of posturing,
and light exercises with dumb bells and bar
balls; second, leaping, the horizontal beam,
vaulting tbar and horse); third, parallel bars,
trapeze, swinging rings, ladders, horizontal
bar, the plank, escalading; fourth, climbing
the pole fixed, slanting and turning), the
pair of poles, the rope. the rosary and mast
By one hours daily exercise for eight months
twelve men, from 10 to 20 years of age,
gained under this system an average of
three eighths of an inch in height, ten pounds
in weight, two and seven-eighths inches in
chest, three-fourths inch of forearm and one
and three-fourths inches of upper arm.
Horseback riding is an excellent exercise.
too much fallen into disuse, and lawn tennis
is one of the best and most graceful of ALL
Popular Science News
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Cane Furniture.

In pleasant contrast to the ponderous por-
there's and upholstery which seem to be the
rule at present, one comes occasionally upon
pieces of furniture Like those in the pictures
This furniture is especially the fashion for
country houses and cottages, but it is really
suitable anywhere except in some gloomy old
house which is kept for show place.
The heavy curtains, and plush and damask
and velvet chairs obstruct the air and get
foul smelling and stuffy with the dust and
body emanations Of years. A room with
such furniture, especially IL it has been used
for some years, is inevitably depressing. A
weight is in its atmosphere
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lF,-BUT.
TURN AND TURN ABOUT.

The old man he carried the hod. ..s =z
His son he got rich in molasses;
The grandson a scholar he grew,
And took the first place in his classes.
A statesman he rose to high rank,
And he left great name and much riches.
His son took to dealing in stocks
And lost everything but his pantaIoons.
And thus goes the old whirligig-
The son of this illigant gold 'un
Spent his money in bumming around
Now he carries the hod like the old ,un
New York journal,
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Eject of Light OH Plants.

From q series of experiments by Sachs q
strange effect of light transmitted through q
solution OF s,lphate Of quinine is to be seen
upon the blossoinihg of plants. Terminated
and grown under the influence of sucll light,
plants, while thriving otherwise, develop only
small, imperfect and speedily perishable
flowers. Light transmitted through pure
water did not impair the blossoming powers.
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THE iNsuLTED PIG.

Old Billy Bump, while on lark,
Was in a gutter laid;
Near by, swine, with visage dark,
Ills humble couch had made.
Some one passed by, and with groap
This peaceful pair espied;
He glanced, and with solemn tone as
This ditty forth he sighed:
How fitly matcheds Each calm and free
With heavy breathing sleeps;
And each to know, you need but see
z What company he keeps
The man slept on, his giddy brain
Of sober thought bereft;
But still the slur produced pain
f.ie hO., got up and left.
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Those who only know of jalap as q
nauseous drug would be surprised at the or
namental character of the plant The COM
mercial poftion-the drug-is the dried root
The plant forms network of slender under
ground stems, from which proceed roots,
which, though slender and threadlike at
first, soon grow thickened and fesly, and
finally become turnip shaped. Fig. shows
the underground stems and the'roo These
roots vary in size, from that of hazel nut
up to that of hens egg, though occasion
ally they are as large as mans fist. When
the roots arc lug the larger ones are sliced
before drying, the smallest roots are dried
entire, while those of intermediate size are
gasiietl or scored in several places. to facili-
tate their driving
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Facetie.
THE CORRECT METHOD

AnE SohhisECi MEIlt3lD Htsa s4sts565
Lady Ito applicant for cooks pIaesl Did i
understand you to say that soui name is
Browne
Applicant Wis, mum; Browne viii .it e z
MAKING SLOW TIAE asi5
apve been ON this road ten years, Saiil the :
conductor ON southern railroad to passen.
ger who complained OF the slow tiilie San
know what I'm talking about
@Ten years, chr said the passenger alVh hat
station did you get ON atsa
sTRIKING A SYMPATHETIC eH0RD.
Miss Clara with q sigh Do you know.
Mr.. Featherly. that for some unknown reason
Ifeel very blue tonight
Mr.. Featherly anxious to say the proper
thing. but somewhat at losl w Ell i--er
Miss Clara, blue, You know. i very becoming
70 your complexion. = Harper's Bazaar.
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This plant has horticultural interest as
climber, for greenhouses at the north and
in the open air at the south At the north it
blooms too late to be of value out of doors
1t also has remote agricultural interest to
the southern states, as one of the plants az
fording commercial products, the cultivation
of which might prove protitable.--American
Agriculturist.
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kitchen walls.

The walls of kitchen should always be
painted, and light color is to be preferred
They will need washing twice year, or at
the most every three months. II they are
plastered or kalsonlir,ed, it is a good plan to
tack clean newspapers just back of the tubs
and table, to protect the wall ss much as pos
sible
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is wanted, silken and plush cushions, en-
broidered as richly as anybody wants, can
be placed upon them, and 10! there you are.
This light, graceful furniture is made of
willow and cane. The shapes and the de-
signs of the cane work are now seen in great
variety, and show much artistic taste
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thrown away and
new ones bought
for a price that will
not break anybody
up. Dust will not
settle in them and
breed disease. They
can be even scrub
bed with q scrub
hing brush when
they are soiled, and
they will come out
as good as new. If
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NOVELTIES IN SCIENCE.
A BEAUTIFUL PIONEERING PLANT
WITH A BAD NAME.

Origin of Fruit Canning-EGect of Light
on Plants-Russian Locomotive Car.
Nothing Less Than an Earthquake
will Rouse Them.
1T requires great calamity to arouse in
the general public any keen interest in the
physical universe. As long as the machinery
Of the world runs smoothly men i'll general
are content with their ignorance Of its func-
sioiis i Il Only jars little that they
awake to sense of its Importance. The
comparatively moderate earthquake shocks
which recently damaged the city of Charles
ton have served to turn the minds of persons
who never before considered such questions
to the problems of the geologist They desire
to know how it happened, and the likelihood
OF similar disturbances in other parts of the
country.-Professor Shaler in Popular Sci
anoa Nau-
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CANE SOFA.

But chairs and sofas like that in these Illus
trations give a sense of lightness and freedom
only to look at them. They arc cheap COM
pared with the heavy velvet furniture When
they are worn out they can be reseated or
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GOOD MANNERS.
What an Invitation or Party Call Is.
Etiuuette. 7A sA#s 'a

What an Invitation or Party Call Is.
Etiquette. Fs
In that invaluable book, Don't" Mai,
Bunce tells everybody what not to do in con-
vcrsation and manners. In reference to that
common and horrible American fashion Of
saying Il am through" when one means that
he is done or has finished, "Dont" says; s
Don't say am through, when you are
announcing that you have finished dinner or
breakfast" e@
"Are you througha' asked an American OF
an Englishman, when seated at table
"Through!" exclaimed the Englishman, look
ing in an alarmed way down to the floor and
up to the ceiling-"through whats".
Again: 8E = @s
sDon't reject bits of bone or other SUBJ
stances, by splitting them back into your
plate. Quietly eject them upon your fork,
holding it to your lips, and then place them
upon the plate.
"Don't eat with your knife. Never put
your knife into your mouth"
In q foot note, Major Blnee says, about
the direction not to put the knife into the
mouth "This advice has been declared un-
necessary for people OF any degree of social
culture, but the fact is that while eating
with the knife is much less common than
formerly, instances Of it may still be wit
nessedn
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no prevent dresses being creased in.pack-

ing, place paper between the folds.
Ribbon is the rage for decoration. A place
for bow is found upon nearly all articles of
furniture.
A sensible writer suggests that instead Of
having the Importance of saving money ding
donged so much into wonlenAs ears, a little
time be devoted to showing them how to earn
- ffsF g.
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To Keen Wen.

Simple, good food, good temper, a daily
bath and plenty of sunlight and air will keep
you in health
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